Laundry marking tag



LAUNDRY` MARKING 'TAG Filed April 29, 1.927

m @mia AITONES Patented May 2l, 1929.

*UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHALLES E. WAREAM, OF NORWOOD, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE AMERICAN LAUNDRY iMACHINERY COMPANY, OF NORWOOD STATION, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

LAUNDRY MARKING TAG.

Application filed April 29, 1927. Serial No. 187,558. y

This invention relates generally to fabric article identifying tags andparticularly to that class of such devices utilized in identifyingarticles .as they pass through the various steps of a treating processsuch ras the laundry processes.

Heretofore fabric articles have been identified in various ways,sometimes with figures ormarks placed upon the article with indelibleink; sometimes withclamped markers clamped or otherwise secured to thearticle and by numerous devices removably secured to the article. Insome instances these devices have been of the self-clamping type whichrequire special tools for opening them to remove them from the articlesto which they are applied.

The present invention aims to overcome some of the diflicultiesaccompanying the use of these other devices and to provide a new andimproved type of marker of the clamp type arranged, in the preferredtype, to be self-opening or releasing and to carry suitable identifyingindicia which clearly marks or identifies the marker and which, throughthe structure of the device, leaves an identifying effect upon thearticles after the marker is removed so that the article is permanentlyidentified, in a sense, to the extent, at least, of having the indiciaof the marker left on it for identification should the marker be removedtoo soon or should the article be misplaced after the marker has beenremoved. This feature adds great utility to any marker and especiallythe self-releasing spring marker because when such a marker is appliedto the goods it is closed against its spring tendency to clamp thearticle and is held in this arrangement by some means which isafterwards removed to release the marker from the article. The mark leftin the fabric while being more or less permanent does not disfigure thearticle and may be readily ironed out if its appearance is undesirable.

The invention may be further briefly summarized as consisting in theconstruction and arrangement of parts as set forth in the followingdescription, drawings andclaims.

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the device; Fig. 2 shows the deviceapplied; Fig. 3 is a section upon the line 3 3, Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is asection upon the line 4 4, Fig. 2; and Fig.

5 is a view showing the impression upon the article to be identified. i

. In the embodiment shown in the drawings, the marker comfprises twoflatclamping portions 1 and 2 ormed of the same piece of non-corrosivemet-al bent `back uponthemselves at 3 and crimped at 4 Vtransversely ofthe marker so as to protect the bent end portion against undue flexingas shown in Fig. 1.

The curved end portion 3 may beV provided with suitable identifyingnotches 5 for cooperation with any suitable identifying system. Each ofthe clamping portions 1 or 2 is notched inward from each of its .edgesto In addition to the identifying notches 5 each of the clamping members1 and 2 is provided with indicating indicia such as a number or thelike, the number being cut out or pressed upward with respect to themember l, for example, while the member 2 has a like indicationextending in the same direction, the number or indication ofthe lowermember nesting into the number or indication of the upper member l sothat when the goods is clamped between these members and has passedthrough the several laundry operations, it becomes embossed to theextent of having an identifying' figure or mark in it correponding tothe marking device. Even when the marking device is removed it retainssemi-permanent embossed -marking similar to the marking of themarkapplied passes through the several laundry processes where itbecomes moist and finally dried so that a perfect embossed impressionisA created and provided uponrthe article which will permit ofconsiderable handling and yet will properly identify the article.

lVhile the specilic arrangement disclosed in this description is relatedmore particularly to `the first opening or releasing type of clamp, itis obvious tha-t this embossing principle may be readily applied to anytype of marker whether it be first opening, irst closing, or indeed, ofany arrangement where it possesses the necessaryv element capable ofproducing' the embossing feature.

Having described my invention I claim:

l. Apparatus for distinguishing fabric articles to be subjected tolaundry treatment, comprising a plurality of generally similar markingtags each adapted` for rel'easable attachment to an article foraccompanying the same through the laundry treatment, each tag beingprovided with means for producing in the article to which it isVattache'd` an identifying1 mark, the' marks being produced by pressureonly and without perforating the articles and each 'tag producing adiiferent mark, whereby if a tag becomes detached from its articleduring treatment of the latter, the articleV will still bear itsidentifying mark.

" 2.' Apparatus for distinguishing `fabric articles to be subjected' tolaundry treatment, comprising a plurality of generally similar markingtags each having a pair of clamp` ing portions to releasably receive' anarticle therebetween, the tags being adapted to ac company the arti-clesthrough the laundry treatment, the clamping portions of each of saidtags being provided with means for producing in the article clampedtherebetween an identifying mark, the marks being produced by pressureonly and without perforating the articles and' each tag producing aVdifferent mark, whereby if a tag becomes detached from its articleduring treatment of the latter, the article will still bear itsidentifying mark.

3. Apparatus for distinguishing fabric articles to be subjected to'laundry treatment, comprising a plurality of generally similar markingtags each havin(V a pair of clampingportions to releasably receive. anarticle therebetween, the tagsV being adapted to accompany the articlesthrough the laundry treatment, the clamping portions of each of saidtags being provided with means for producing in the article clampedtherebetween an identifying mark, the marks being produced by pressureonly and without perforating the articles and each tagV producing adifferent mark, the mark producing means of each tag including a raisedpart on one clamping portionuand a correspondingly shaped depressedparton the other clamping portion for receiving said raised part?,whereby if a tag becomes detached from its article-during treatment of'the latter, the article will stilll bear its identifying mark.

In testimony whereof I hereby alx my signature. Y Y

CHARLES E. VVAREAM.V

